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Cities and Memory - remixing the world

Cities and Memory

Cities and Memory remixes the world, one sound at a time - a global collaboration between artists and sound recordists all over the world. The project presents an amazingly-diverse array of field recordings from all over the world, but also reimagined, recomposed versions of those recordings as we go on a mission to remix the world. What you"ll hear in the podcast are our latest sounds - either a field recording from somewhere in the world, or a remixed new composition based solely on those

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2:49

Cairo streets at night

Cities and Memory - remixing the world ·

2025/11/29

Sunset in Cairo, by the Nile River, during evening call to prayers. Recorded by Helen Copnall.

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2:02

Hong Kong dawn chorus

Cities and Memory - remixing the world ·

2025/11/29

|The recording is made in the night, we hear a chorus of morning birds with some unique vocalisations, the perspective is typical for Hong Kong which is defined by skyscraper architecture, this recording was made from an apartment on the 18th floor through the window, which gives an indirect impression - an observation in sound of city going quiet in the night, creating space for non-human expressions. The birds are enveloped by the noise and hiss of the city at dawn. Recorded by Robin Koek.

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2:02

Too many Koel calling

Cities and Memory - remixing the world ·

2025/11/29

"The original soundscape contains the call of the Asian Koel, a bird whose song is highly characteristic of Hong Kong, my hometown. This distinctive, rising 'ko-el' call, heard at dawn during the springtime, carries a strong personal resonance; it often signalled the arrival of the sun as I worked into the early hours. "For this composition, I drew from my personal sound library to layer several recordings of the Koel's call. The resulting, multiplied chorus creates a dense, exaggerated dawn

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4:56

Streets of Cairo tales: The Jinn and Anthony Eden

Cities and Memory - remixing the world ·

2025/11/29

"The original soundtrack I used from Cities & Memory's archive was recorded on a street in Cairo at sunset, outside the Marriott Hotel and Omar Khayyam casino, on Saray El Gezira Street. The famous Gezirah Palace was completed in 1869 by Khedive Ismail, to host dignitaries for the opening of the Suez Canal that year. When I first listened to this piece I heard, among the sounds of car horns and the evening prayer call, the sound of footsteps running down the street and away, and a sharp gasp of

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3:44

The golden hour

Cities and Memory - remixing the world ·

2025/11/28

The field recording upon which this piece is based doesn't sound like much, but it represents a huge moment for the Cities and Memory project, and a personal moment for me. The first ever overseas recording submitted to the project back in 2015 was from Sofienbergparken in Oslo, and it felt incredible that the project had managed to reach anyone outside of the UK and inspire them to submit a sound. From tiny acorns, mighty oaks grow, and ten years later we're close to 8,000 sounds submitted to the

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5:10

A special moment in Sofienbergparken

Cities and Memory - remixing the world ·

2025/11/28

A special recording for me - the very first recording from outside the UK submitted to Cities and Memory in 2015 was from Sofienbergparken in Oslo. It seemed like a dream that not only had the project somehow managed to cross borders, but had also made a connection of some kind, so to me even this humble city park held a kind of magic. To go there ten years later and record it for myself felt like a special moment, so this recording holds power for me. Within it, you'll hear an evening walkthrough

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3:25

Quiraing sunrise

Cities and Memory - remixing the world ·

2025/11/28

"Having enjoyed family holidays on Skye in the past I was immediately drawn to this recording as Quiraing is one of those places that makes you really appreciate what an amazing thing this planet is. "Catch a good sunrise/sunset and it's genuinely breathtaking. I wanted to try and capture just a little bit of that feeling in my piece." Quiraing, Isle of Skye water sounds reimagined by Exit Chamber.

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2:39

Nobuo in the between

Cities and Memory - remixing the world ·

2025/11/28

"The spacious, off-tempo, off-tune malaise of the Wakimachi field recording creates an in-between space that mirrors Japanese Canadian performance artist Nobuo Kubota’s reflections on childhood memories and the threshold between cultures and languages." Nighttime soundscape in Wakimachi reimagined by Emiko Morita.

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3:54

Mirage

Cities and Memory - remixing the world ·

2025/11/28

"The original field recording had a mesmerising quality that pulled me toward Bamiyan’s complex and fascinating history. I wanted my remix to encapsulate the emotions I experienced along the way. The piece is a very minimal, improvised song, centred on one instrument supported by a time-stretched slice of the field recording." Church of the Holy Sepulchre, Gholghata reimagined by Anni Elea.

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10:01

Shahr-e-Gholghola

Cities and Memory - remixing the world ·

2025/11/28

Soundscape at Shahr-e-Gholghola - Dari: شهر غلغله - City of Screams, City of Woe, City of Sorrows - in Bamyan, Afghanistan. Completely destroyed and population massacred by Genghis Khan in 1221. In the recording you can hear the wind, the dust, the sorrow, possibly some screams. This soundscape-composition is part of the HEYR project, presenting 3-dimensional soundscapes from special locations, connected to special events. Find out more by visiting https://www.heyr.no Recorded by Anders

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20:00

Nighttime, Kichwa territory

Cities and Memory - remixing the world ·

2025/11/28

Captured deep within Kichua tribal territory in the Ecuadorian Amazon, this nocturnal soundscape reveals a hidden world that awakens after dusk. Above, bats flicker through the darkness, their wings slicing the air in delicate beats. Insects surge into a symphony of pulses and hums — sharp, electric, as though the forest itself were alive with circuitry. A solitary monkey stirs unseen branches, its movements dissolving into the whispers of leaves. From afar, a howl drifts through the trees —

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1:58

Forgetting will begin with your eyes

Cities and Memory - remixing the world ·

2025/11/28

"For reasons I can't fathom when I heard this sound file I instantly thought of Moondog. So this is my attempt at a Moondog type composition - almost mathematical in approach. The title is a quote from the 1959 film 'Hiroshima Mon Amour' which explores themes of memory, love, and the lasting trauma of war." Lecture in Hiroshima City reimagined by Adam Leonard.

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0:57

Portal Lookout, Blue Mountains

Cities and Memory - remixing the world ·

2025/11/28

Cicadas at the Portal Lookout in the Blue Mountains, Australia. Recorded by Richard Watts.

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5:07

Lecture of young female student, Hiroshima

Cities and Memory - remixing the world ·

2025/11/28

This is a recorded audio of a presentation by a fourth-year female university student in Japan. I became interested in the audio aspects of her powerful and rhythmic delivery, which reflected her confidence in her research. In the contradiction between her confidence and anxiety about her first presentation, I found an intriguing aspect of universities as educational institutions. Recorded by Mahorobi Yumeo.

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3:06

Atop the mighty Quiraing

Cities and Memory - remixing the world ·

2025/11/28

Atop the famous Quiraing, after a climb of hundreds of metres, we reach the summit, with incredible views on all sides. Here we record the sound of a small stream, which are frequent across the surface of the plateau at the top of the Quiraing, and contribute to the sometimes-boggy going underfoot. Recorded on the Isle of Skye, Scotland by Cities and Memory, April 2025.

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3:02

Indigo wind chimes

Cities and Memory - remixing the world ·

2025/11/28

A summer morning walking in Udatsu, Wakimachi, Japan. A piano lesson resonating in the empty street under the heat, wind chimes spell some fresh air. I bought an indigo fūrin for my mother. Recorded by Guillaume Piccarreta.

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7:48

Within Kichwa nights

Cities and Memory - remixing the world ·

2025/11/28

"Recorded deep inside Kichwa territory in the Ecuadorian Amazon, this nocturnal soundscape draws the listener into the forest’s hidden hours - where every sound carries the presence of something living, alert, and unseen. "When darkness settles over the canopy, the rainforest begins its slow transformation. Bats cut swift paths through the night, their wings beating in soft, fleeting pulses. Insects rise all around, casting an electric shimmer into the air, layers of rhythm that flicker, pulse and

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2:59

Blue Monserrate

Cities and Memory - remixing the world ·

2025/11/28

"The field recording I started with was the Blue Mountains Portal Lookout in Australia. What I found inspiring about this recording is the pointillist long tones created by the insects. Specifically, the contrast between the theoretically relaxing sounds of nature and the reality of how intense the sounds become. "I played the original sound, layered with a slowed down and pitch shifted version and a version with a band pass filter. I then added a simple synth loop and a couple of sequenced

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5:51

The bookshop under the railway arches

Cities and Memory - remixing the world ·

2025/11/24

Inside the Bücherbogen bookshop in Savignyplatz, a fantastic bookshop of art, design and architecture books built under a set of railway arches. A unique soundscape of the quiet of a bookshop, with the flicking of pages, with the deep rumble overhead of periodic passing trains. Recorded in Berlin, September 2025 by Cities and Memory.

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6:00

Pontis (2025)

Cities and Memory - remixing the world ·

2025/11/24

"In Latin, 'Pontis' not only refers to a physical bridge, but also a metaphorical crossing - a psychological parallel between lived reality and its parallel, hyper-real counterpart. My work explores the threshold of human imagination, and the subtle ways our perceived reality changes when consuming art. When reading or listening to material, our psychic perception of reality changes: the environment doesn't disappear, but transforms. "The piece ends in a rhythmic layered flurry of page-flicks

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